Izvestiya of Saratov University.
ISSN 1819-4907 (Print)
ISSN 2542-1913 (Online)


christianity

About Cyril without Methodius: A new study dedicated to the saint and the fate of his relics

The review is dedicated to the monograph by P. Ivanič, which tells about the life of Constantine the Philosopher and also tells the story of his remains. The author of the book managed to tell about the life of the saint and the controversial moments of his biography. The reviewer noted the controversial moments of the saint’s life, which the author of the book did not pay attention to, and made some conclusions about the place of this monograph in the voluminous Cyril and Methodius bibliography.

English Rationalist Philosophers about the Phenomenon of Miracle

The review deals with the analysis of the monograph devoted to the influence of Christian understanding of the phenomenon of miracle on the views of English seventeenth-century philosophers Thomas Hobbes and John Locke. The reviewer’s attention is focused on the way the author of the monograph describes the spiritual atmosphere in which the world view of these thinkers developed, as well as on the historiographical interpretations of their theories.